We are ever so greatful for the massive support accorded to us by great partners who believe in our work. Some few months back the Indigo Trust and Shuttleworth Foundation came through to fund the ambitious SwahiliBox Project. We now are very delighted to welcome to more strategic partners. Hivos and Doen.

On Saturday the 12th September 2015 SwahiliBox started a series of BootCamps aimed at creating enthusiatic communities around IoT.

It was exciting starting a new series of Bootcamps for IoT as we did (at SwahiliBox) in conjunction with CAMARA Kenya. The aim and objective of the first BootCamp in this series (and we are also planning to hold a handful of these at SwahiliBox itself) is to build a bridge between IoT innovation and the young innovators and allow them to explore as a community possibilities for hardware and IoT driven innovation. Look at what we found from this brilliant 13 year old chap who came to the BootCamp:

This immersive two-day event will provide a platform for students to understand the world of Internet of Things(IoT). Within the 48 hours, it will not be presentations but real-world practicals to give interested persons an immersive experience. Come and make use of open source IoT platforms such as Arduino and Raspberry Pi.

Open Data is vital to the growth of IoT. This type of data has usage patterns, location and performance, information which needs to be open to help drive functionality that otherwise wouldn’t be possible. Think of it as “two worlds” of data, with one being sensitive and secure, and the other made open in an innovative manner.

This blog post is a guest post done by the Open Data Day Conservation Team and SwahiliBox Research. The post was authored by Harris Mwashalo and Aly Salim.

During the 2015 global open data day, SwahiliBox members gathered in Mombasa to mark this day. We looked at how open data could help solve thorny issues such as improving education, insecurity, wildlife and heritage conservation. Groups were formed to discuss the topics and looked at various datasets available to the public in the local open data repository.

SwahiliBox is all about community, we empower our community volunteers to shape up the agenda and become leaders of great initiatives that will shape up technology in Mombasa.

We are fascinated to announce that SwahiliBox sub initiatives are taking shape - and are fully managed by our volunteer community members. There are various departments, which we call "Branches" of SwahiliBox:

On Tuesday, February 17, 2015, the team was excited to host a successful information session on SPRING, which is a pioneering accelerator program by GrowthAfrica that supports businesses whose products and services could transform the lives of adolescent girls. The session attracted quite an audience with an attendance of close to 50, as the GrowthAfrica Kenyan Team introduced themselves, their partners, played a small video and explained about the program.

SwahiliBox is a project of M-Power (CBO). The Technology Open Space in Mombasa, Kenya which focuses on socio-economic technology empowerment, inspiring and developing individuals and help them develop new and innovative ideas through networking, access to training and support and professional mentoring and coaching. It brings together investors, donors, entrepreneurs, experts, artists, and other individuals and provides them with an opportunity to share knowledge, learn, find mentors and expound on their talents, abilities and innovative ideas that will lead to the development of Kenya and globally at large.

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The event Joomla Day Pwani organised by Swahili Box and was intended to help the larger community in using joomla as a cms for easy and faster daily website development. The trainers of the event were Nelson J Kwaje